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X-Men meets Marissa Meyer’s Renegades when New York Times bestselling author of the Uglies series Scott Westerfeld teams up with award-winning authors Margo Lanagan and Deborah Biancotti for this explosive trilogy filled with “cinematic nonstop action,” (Booklist) about six teens with unique abilities.

Don’t call them heroes.

But these six Californian teens have powers that set them apart.

Take Ethan, a.k.a. Scam. He’s got a voice inside him that’ll say whatever you want to hear, whether it’s true or not. Which is handy, except when it isn’t—like when the voice starts gabbing in the middle of a bank robbery. The only people who can help are the other Zeroes, who aren’t exactly best friends these days.

Enter Nate, a.k.a. Bellwether, the group’s “glorious leader.” After Scam’s SOS, he pulls the scattered Zeroes back together. But when the recue blows up in their faces, the Zeroes find themselves propelled into whirlwind encounters with ever more dangerous criminals. At the heart of the chaos they find Kelsie, who can take a crowd in the palm of her hand and tame it or let it loose as she pleases.

Filled with high-stakes action and drama, Zeroes unites three powerhouse authors for the opening installment of a thrilling new series.

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From School Library Journal

Gr 9 Up—This may not be the first tale of a group of crime-fighting teenagers with supernatural powers, but its talented writing team get points for creating some fresh and original superpowerd abilities. Scam has a seemingly omniscient inner voice, which can speak for him and get him out of trouble or, all too often, into it. Flicker is blind but can perceive what others see. Crash can take down any computer and finds the experience embarrassingly—and dangerously—enjoyable. Bellwether can control the energies of the group and unite them in a common purpose. And Anonymous—well, never mind, no one seems to remember anything about that guy. These five, plus one unpredictable new addition, make up the Zeroes, a team that split up due to infighting but get called back together to fight a baddie and come to terms with their talents and their place in the world. Told from six different points of view, the plot of this hefty tome slows down at times, but the effort taken to develop each character pays off. With two sequels planned, readers can look forward to spending more time with the Zeroes in the future. VERDICT For fans of superhero fiction looking for a character-driven tale and those who enjoy stellar writing.—Eliza Langhans, Hatfield Public Library, MA

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There are no monsters, geniuses or meglomaniacs here. Rather, six teens with powers accidentally get entangled with the mob. They have powers ranging from useful but fairly modest (the blind girl that can see through many other's eyes at once, at range) to tremendously powerful but hard to control ("Crash" can bring down any electronics, but it isn't entirely under her control). The most original power is Scam's "Voice," which uses knowledge from sources unknown to convince the listener to do what Scam wants. Unfortunately, the Voice is like a genie, spewing lies to get exactly what Scam wanted, but often with terrible consequences because what Scam wanted was too short sighted or imprecise. Even the backstory is original -- Scam's Voice spoke when he was a toddler before Scam himself understood words, and for a time Scam thought that was how everyone did it, they opened their mouths and sounds just came out that led people to do things. Other powers are more familiar, but fleshed out extremely well, with, for example, the power of being impossible to notice and remember being made to feel like a true curse.

I guess some people are detracting one or more stars because the accidentally-get-in-trouble-with-mobsters plot is a lot smaller than the typical plot in superhero novels. But if this is a negative - and it is, to an extent, as there isn't as much action as you will typically find in this type of book - than it is also a strong positive, because it allows the book to keep a (very) realistic feel. Moreover, the characters are extremely well drawn and compelling. For example, when Anonymous describes crawling from his hospital bed for water at age 13 because everyone has forgotten him, you will be drawn into his plight and care about him. With respect to action, while there are no epic superpowered battles resulting in destroyed buildings or the like, the teens do have to use their powers in tense to life or death situations, and these sequences are sufficiently well done that they may grip you despite what they lack.

Verdict: While there may not be enough action for fans of the traditional superpowers novel, those that like higher quality writing and have superpower novels as a guilty pleasure may find that Zeroes hits a sweet spot in between.

I have not read the book.I would, but now it has Special Status, meaning it's dust cover is gone, and it has a permanent place beside my son's bed. Certain books are read over and over again, until the book falls apart, and apparently this attained this level without being a Claudia Grey Star Wars book, a Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, C S Lewis, or Game of Thrones title. Or a history book. It was a gift for my 19 year old son this summer. Scott Westerfeld is a favorite of both my daughter and son, and she is teaching in South Korea, so I thought they could have something to talk about. When I gave it to him he actually SET HIS CELL PHONE DOWN, AND BROKE VISUAL CONTACT WITH IT'S TRACTION BEAM SCREEN, HE TOOK OUT HIS EAR BUDS, AND HIS FINGERS STOPPED PUSHING IT'S BUTTONS FOR AN ENTIRE DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I thought maybe the phone had gotten broken or stolen, but NO!!!! He actually remembered he enjoys reading, and that this is one of his favorite authors. And, get this......wait for it, parents...........my son actually said both "Thank you, Mom" AND "That was a good book, I enjoyed it." when he finally came up for air at the end of reading it, two whole social sentences, out of his own volition. Wow!!!! Any author who can make this happen, must be someone special. And, it wasn't part of a Star Wars series, yet!!! :) they are great, but you can't have only pizza, three meals a day, no matter how exciting. ok, yes you can, but still.

I went into this book with great expectations. The premise sounded fun - and the UGLIES series by author Westerfeld are some of my all-time favorite books.

This start to the ZEROES series is based in Cambria, California and features six teens with unusual "superpowers." There is crowd control, anonymity, controlling technology, and more.

The first half (at least) of the book was low-key, introducing readers to the "ZEROES" and to their powers. It was a bit hard to keep track of the characters who have a real name and sometimes more than one superpower name. And it was a bit boring.

The last part of the book amped up and I enjoyed it much more. I probably would have rated this 3 1/2 stars if I could have.

I enjoyed it enough that I'm going to finish the series, reading SWARM next and finishing the trilogy with NEXUS.